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FEMA IS-700 (FINAL) QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWER S
Question 1: NIMS Guiding Principles
CORRECT ANSWER : Flexibility, Standardization,
Unity of Effort
Question 2: Allows NIMS to be scalable from routine,
local incidents through those requiring interstate mutual aid up to those requiring Federal assistance
CORRECT ANSWER : Flexibility
Question 3: Supports interoperability among multiple
organizations in incident response
CORRECT ANSWER : Standardization
Question 4: Improve integration and connectivity among
organizations
CORRECT ANSWER : Standard Organizational
Structures
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Question 5: Allow incident personnel and organizations to
work together effectively
CORRECT ANSWER : Standard Practices
Question 6: Enables effective communication
CORRECT ANSWER : Common Terminology
Question 7: Enables organizations with jurisdictional
authority or functional responsibilities to support each other while allowing each participating agency to maintain its own authority and accountability
CORRECT ANSWER : Unity of Effort
Question 8: 3 Major Components of NIMS
CORRECT ANSWER : 1. Resource Management, 2.
Command and Coordination, 3. Communications and Information Management
Question 9: Standard mechanisms to systematically
manage resources, including personnel, equipment,
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supplies, teams, and facilities, both before and during incidents in order to allow organizations to more effectively share resources when needed
CORRECT ANSWER : Resource Management
Question 10: Describes leadership roles, processes, and
recommended organizational structures for incident management at the operational and incident support levels and explains how these structures interact to manage incidents effectively and efficiently
CORRECT ANSWER : Command and Coordination
Question 11: Describes systems and methods that help to
ensure that incident personnel and other decision makers have the means and information they need to make and communicate decisions
CORRECT ANSWER : Communications and
Information Management
Question 12: 4 Key Activities of Resource Management
Preparedness
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CORRECT ANSWER : 1. Identifying and typing
resources, 2. Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel, 3. Planning for resources, 4. Acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources
Question 13: The resources capability to perform its
function in one or more of the five mission areas:
Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery CORRECT ANSWER : Typing: Capability
Question 14: The function for which a resource would be
most useful (firefighting, law enforcement, health and medical) CORRECT ANSWER : Typing: Category
Question 15: A broad characterization, such as personnel,
equipment, teams, and facilities CORRECT ANSWER : Typing: Kind